Agenda item

The report of the Chief Officer Elections and Regulatory advises the Licensing Sub Committee Members of an application for the certification of a number of films to be shown as part of Leeds International Film Festival 2022. The screenings are scheduled to take place between 3rd and 17th November 2022 at Vue Cinema in the Light Cinema, Everyman Cinema, Howard Assembly Room, Cottage Road Cinema, School of Arts Cinema at Leeds Beckett University and one special event at Jumbo Records.

The report of the Chief Officer Elections and Regulatory advised the Licensing Sub Committee Members of an application for the certification of a number of films to be shown as part of Leeds International Film Festival 2022. The screenings are scheduled to take place between 3rd and 17th November 2022 at Vue Cinema in the Light Cinema, Everyman Cinema, Howard Assembly Room, Cottage Road Cinema, School of Arts Cinema at Leeds Beckett University and one special event at Jumbo Records.

 

In attendance at the meeting were:

·  Chris Fell – on behalf of Leeds International Film Festival

·  Alex King – on behalf of Leeds International Film Festival

 

Of the films requiring certification the applicant had supplied links to view 5 films only, requesting classifications ranging from 12A to 15. The title of each film, including synopses and recommended ratings, was provided to the Licensing Sub Committee at Paragraph 3.5 of the submitted report.

 

Following legal advice, Members were recommended to certify the films they cannot view as category 18 ratings and further information on this matter was detailed at 3.2 of the report. A document listing the films without the availability to view them was attached to the submitted report at Appendix A.

 

To assist members with their deliberation officers of the Licensing Authority had viewed each available film and provided comments in accordance with BBFC guidelines as a supplementary item.

 

Members were informed that this would be the 36th Leeds International Film Festival and would be screening 110 films at various locations around the city. The majority of the films would be rated 18, however there were 5 films which required Member’s consideration for a lower rating. The festival wished to show a special season of African films aimed at younger audiences.

 

Responding to questions the Licensing Sub Committee were informed that during Covid the festival had been held in a hybrid format and it was intended that the streaming of some films would continue. The festival was under budget pressures and not able to use two venues (Hyde Park Cinema and the Town Hall), due to them being refurbished. Members were advised that to view the hybrid films a user has to confirm they are 18+ by entering their date of birth when creating an account on the website.

 

Members noted that the festival would still be offering discounts to the film for those under 26 years of age.

 

Members welcomed the Leeds International Film Festival back to the city and wished them success.

 

RESOLVED – To certify the films to be screened as follows:

Above Water – rating 12A

Fig Tree – rating 15

Rookies – rating 15

The Star Wars Kid – rating 12A

Youth – rating 12A

 

Rating 18 to be given to the follow:

A Piece of Sky

Aftersun

Alcarràs

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

America

Anime Supremacy!

Art and Neurodiversity with Project Art Works

Baby Pyramid

Better Mus' Come

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

Blue Jean

Bones & All

Brief Encounters

British Short Film Competition 1: Survival Instincts

British Short Film Competition 2: Always on My Mind

Broker

Can We Say This Out Loud?: Documentary Shorts Panorama

Close

Confession

Corsage

De Humani Corporis Fabrica

Dead Mint

Dust and Metal

Eat Your Catfish

Enys Men

Eo

Everybody Loves Jeanne

Fanomenon Horror and Science Fiction Shorts

Fast & Feel Love

Films Femmes Afrique Shorts: A Sense of Home

Finite: The Climate of Change

Freda

Geographies of Solitude

God Said Give 'Em Drum Machines

Godland

Goliath: Immersive Networks Virtual Reality Event

Goodbye, Dong Glees!

Hello, Bookstore

Holy Spider

Huesera

I Didn't See You There

I Have Electric Dreams

Incredible But True

International Short Film Competition 1: Catch A Fire

International Short Film Competition 2: Smoke On the Water

International Short Film Competition 3: In The Air Tonight

International Short Film Competition 4: Not To Touch The Earth

Jamaican Short Film Programme

Joyland

Karaoke

La Pietà

Leeds Short Film Awards 2022: The Winners

Love Dog

Love Life

Loving Highsmith

Mafifa

Matter Out of Place

Mediterranean Fever

Medusa Deluxe

Metronom

Music Video Competition

My Imaginary Country

My Small Land

Myanmar Diaries

Neptune Frost

New Normal Six

Next Sohee

NightMare

No Bears

No Simple Way Home

One Take Grace

Pacifiction

Pamfir

Project Wolf Hunting

Queer Short Film Competition 1

Queer Short Film Competition 2

Return to Seoul

Rewind and Play + Let's

Rodeo

Sadako DX

Screendance Competition

Shove It: The Xero Slingsby Story

Sick Of Myself

Sisu

Stephen

Dwoskin: Face of Our Fear + Panel

The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic

The Blue Caftan

The Computer Accent

The Fifth Thoracic Vertebra + Cashbag

The Hamlet Syndrome

The Harbinger + Theatre

The Kegelstatt Trio

The Novelist’s Film

The Plains

The Uncle

Thunder Swiss

Tommy Guns

Tori and Lokita

Under the FigTrees

Unicorn Wars

Vera

Viking

We Might as Well Be Dead

World Animation Competition 1

World Animation Competition 2

Yorkshire Short Film Competition

Zuhal